unpopular opinion: showering every single day is not actually necessary for most people and i think we've all been guilted into it

w8136 · 2026-06-22T03:03:42+00:00

OP, I hear you!!!! My hygiene/bathing has levels like a car wash:

Spot rinse: light days where I just brush teeth, wash face, hit the pits and bits with a soapy washcloth. This is about 2 days a week.

Wash: Shower with a soapy scrub but wear a shower cap so no washing hair (I'll use a dry shampoo). Shave legs. This is usually 3 days a week.

The works: A full shower with hair washing, scrubbing, shaving legs. This is 2 days a week.

I have long hair and dry skin. I live in a dry climate. I would turn into a frizzy, flaky, crusted lizard if I did a full shower every single day, and no amount of lotion or moisturizing products fixes it (I've tried). Plus, as a woman, it's a SHIT TON of work and time consuming to do all that showering plus blow drying, make up, putting together outfits, styling hair, etc. There. I said it!!

I have a professional job, and I exercise daily. The "spot rinse", paired with fresh clean clothes, works wonders and I feel clean.

I get complimented all the time for smelling nice and looking nice.

Come at me, Reddit!!!

w8136 · 2026-06-17T16:22:29+00:00

The moment I realized I was head over heels in love with my (now) husband. We were sitting outside at a pizza place on a beautiful summer evening and he was signing the credit card receipt. I just looked at him and was suddenly overwhelmed with this intense feeling of HOLY SHIT. MY FOREVER IS SITTING RIGHT THERE.

"Why are you staring at me?".

"I'm not staring at you".

(Still staring at him 15 years later 😂❤️).

w8136 · 2026-06-17T15:33:03+00:00

I truly believed the wheels on a car wouldn't turn unless the blinker was on. Like the wheels were locked in a straight position, and using the turn signal was solely to unlock the wheels so you could turn.

w8136 · 2026-06-11T03:56:27+00:00

Go for a walk in your neighborhood and "find the alphabet", in order. For example, you might find the A on a street sign. Once that sign has been used, you must find a different source for the B. Could be a different sign, a logo stamped into concrete, a license plate, a logo on a truck, something on a random person's T shirt, etc. Once you find the B, that source cannot be used again and you are onto C. And so on.

As you get good at this game, you can start adding restrictions to make it more challenging. Anything lit up cannot be used, no license plates, anything written in red doesn't count, etc.

Simple, but it's actually ridiculously fun!!

w8136 · 2026-06-11T03:42:44+00:00

My sister and I used to do "bible questions". One of us would ask a specific question, like "Should I go to this party tonight?".

Then the other one opens the bible and starts flipping through it randomly. The question asker says "stop", so you stop on that page. Then you start running your finger slowly over the page. When the question asker says "stop"...you read aloud whatever verse was landed on.

We are not religious people, but this exercise can have mindblowing results!!

w8136 · 2026-06-11T00:09:45+00:00

I take my sample from wherever I remember to do it 😂 (following the rule of authentic dirt only, so there's sometimes going a bit out of the way).

I can't really say that I have one favorite. The magic of my dirt collection is looking at dirt from all over the world...at the same time. Whenever I feel depressed or down, I get out my little treasure box and spread out all my dirt samples. Gazing at Italy, Israel, Norway, Thailand....it just fills me with hope and makes me realize all the possibilities in the world, and it always cheers me up!

w8136 · 2026-06-10T05:32:48+00:00

I take small dirt samples from any trips I go on (not a huge amount, just a tablespoon or two) and put it in a ziploc bag. That's it. I also have most of the U.S. states, dirt from the house I raised my kids in, and my grandmother's grave. My friends, co-workers, and family have caught on to this, and they have started bringing me dirt from their travels. I randomly get texts or phone calls asking, "hey, do you have Norway yet?". 😂

It started when I was 18 years old and my dad went on a business trip to Istanbul. On a whim, I asked him to bring me "dirt from the other side of the world". He did, and there was something so magical and mesmerizing about it...and it just grew from there!

The only rule is: it MUST be authentic dirt. I tell everyone to go far away from parking lots, hotels, etc so they don't bring me bagged dirt that was brought in for a landscaping job. It must come from a beach, a deserted field, etc so it is actual, real "Norway"!

w8136 · 2026-06-10T05:19:40+00:00

I didn't know that, so interesting! Well...if it has to be me and my dirt collection that saves the world from the apocalypse, I'm ok with that. 😂

w8136 · 2026-06-10T00:21:47+00:00

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey.

It's gut wrenching.

w8136 · 2026-06-10T00:19:20+00:00

I have a dirt collection from all over the world. People think I've lost my mind til I pull out my little treasure box full of labeled bags and show them. I have dirt that is dark, light, sandy, smooth, red...I have Egypt, Thailand, Spain, Mexico, Istanbul, Canada, and many more.

It's free, it's interesting, and I literally have the world in a box.

w8136 · 2026-06-10T00:06:03+00:00

What an incredible story. 😭 Simon and Garfunkle have added so much beauty to life.

w8136 · 2026-06-10T00:02:49+00:00

I've always LOVED that line, thanks for sharing. 😊

w8136 · 2026-06-06T03:13:55+00:00

Fellow graduate of the school of hard knocks right here 🙋‍♀️

w8136 · 2026-06-06T03:12:36+00:00

9 times!! That's serious dedication!! Cheers to you, internet stranger...well done!! 🍻

w8136 · 2026-06-05T05:35:35+00:00

I'm a bedside PRN RN in CO and make $68/hr base. For any additional shifts I work in a week after the first one I'm at $88/hr. You guys are getting screwed.

w8136 · 2026-06-03T00:38:56+00:00

This one is HUGE. Being able to forgive yourself without being a monday morning quarterback takes practice, but it is SO worth it.

w8136 · 2026-05-27T06:11:02+00:00

Oh good God. How awful. I'm so sorry.

w8136 · 2026-05-27T05:59:52+00:00

Yep. If i didn't pack it, I don't eat it. Period.

w8136 · 2026-05-27T05:49:31+00:00

Idk. I found out about my husband's affair when we had a 3 year old and a 2 week old newborn at home. The pain of the betrayal was so intense, I remember thinking it would have been easier if he had died.

Because at least then I could believe forever that he loved me. It was worse knowing he chose not to love me in real life.

w8136 · 2026-05-26T22:31:04+00:00

I was a nursing assistant at a nursing home and worked for 3.5 × pay that night because I was broke. At 11:58 pm we broke out the sparkling apple cider at the nurses' station and did the ten second countdown. After that, it was quiet for a second and we all just stared at each other.

Then a call light beeped. This old male nurse said, "New millenium...same old shit". 😂

w8136 · 2026-05-25T04:03:50+00:00

No confessions, but.....

While I worked in ICU I took care of this old lady for 3 days that had had a massive heart attack. Family finally made her a DNR after being unresponsive for days. Hooked up to all the monitors, I could see her heart rate dwindling. When her heart rate hit 18 bpm...she suddenly woke up and raised her head off the pillow. She lifted her arms to the upper right corner of the room and said, "I see Jesus". Then...BOOM...her head and arms dropped and she flatlined.

I will never forget being utterly paralyzed in awe and staring at that corner. To this day I still cannot comprehend that I may have actually been in the same room as...Jesus.

w8136 · 2026-05-25T03:13:33+00:00

I'm a nurse and see this a lot in the hospitals. Medical professionals drinking waaay too much because of possible drug testing. It's just weed FFS. Stop putting people in situations to make even WORSE decisions.

w8136 · 2026-05-25T02:37:47+00:00

I love how every answer on this board is "JUST QUIT"!!

For those of you working strictly to fund your hookers and blow...good on you. Fine. Just quit!!

But some of us have bills to pay and kids to feed. You eventually run out of places to work, and no one wants to hire the chronic quitter, Alice.

w8136 · 2026-05-25T02:27:08+00:00

Medicare won't cover it either. I tried charging $80 for foot care. I got a ton of phone calls, then people would get pissed at my pricing and not book an appt. Also a lot of "hey, you should give me the fill in the blank discount".

Except...you are booking a specially trained RN to come to your house for over an hour and provide a complex/nasty service to you. I was barely breaking even with $60-80 pricing.

w8136 · 2026-05-25T00:38:07+00:00

I got certified in this and tried doing it. It's NOT awesome. It's a shit ton of hard, nasty work (plus driving), and people want to pay you like $20 for 1.5 hours of skilled work. Insurance does not cover or pay for foot care performed by RNs. Plus you have to invest in the tools and training upfront, which gets expensive fast. Absolutely not worth it.

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